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type: "Bill"
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title: "Firefighters - As enacted, extends the period for the estate of an emergency responder killed in the line of duty from three years from the date of death to the later of such date or the date of a final order of a court, administrative law judge, or authorized state or local official designating the death as being in the line of duty; extends the period for an estate to file an appeal of a denial from 90 days to one year; adds a mechanism of appeal of a denial of a claim for the estates of firefighters, volunteer rescue squad workers, and emergency medical technicians. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 24; Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 2; Title 38, Chapter 8 and Title 68, Chapter 140."
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description: "Firefighters - As enacted, extends the period for the estate of an emergency responder killed in the line of duty from three years from the date of death to the later of such date or the date of a final order of a court, administrative law judge, or authorized state or local official designating the death as being in the line of duty; extends the period for an estate to file an appeal of a denial from 90 days to one year; adds a mechanism of appeal of a denial of a claim for the estates of firefighters, volunteer rescue squad workers, and emergency medical technicians. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 24; Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 2; Title 38, Chapter 8 and Title 68, Chapter 140."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "114"
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identifier: "SB 2212"
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citation: "Tennessee SB 2212 (114)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Firefighters"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Taylor"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2026-02-02"
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last_action: "2026-05-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e98502f1-cd64-4e2b-af34-86eb4437e888"
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source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB2212&ga=114"
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source_hash: "8123b7b7ad8cd441e97e24b0e7f70526fa7f9e382c291d94c216b4abfaf7c329"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
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---
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# Tennessee SB 2212 (114) — Firefighters - As enacted, extends the period for the estate of an emergency responder killed in the line of duty from three years from the date of death to the later of such date or the date of a final order of a court, administrative law judge, or authorized state or local official designating the death as being in the line of duty; extends the period for an estate to file an appeal of a denial from 90 days to one year; adds a mechanism of appeal of a denial of a claim for the estates of firefighters, volunteer rescue squad workers, and emergency medical technicians. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 24; Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 2; Title 38, Chapter 8 and Title 68, Chapter 140.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB2212.pdf)
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## Votes
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- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/19/2026 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/26/2026 Passed (1) — **90–0** (pass) · lower
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- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/16/2026 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Taylor — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2026-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2026-02-03** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
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- **2026-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-10** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
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- **2026-03-11** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/16/2026
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- **2026-03-13** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
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- **2026-03-16** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
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- **2026-03-16** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
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- **2026-03-17** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/19/2026
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- **2026-03-19** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
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- **2026-03-19** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
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- **2026-03-19** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
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- **2026-03-23** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
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- **2026-03-26** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-26** Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
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- **2026-03-26** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
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- **2026-03-30** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-04-01** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-04-02** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-13** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-05** Effective date(s) 04/13/2026
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- **2026-05-05** Pub. Ch. 721
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e98502f1-cd64-4e2b-af34-86eb4437e888`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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